A higher Ile-de-France minimum wage? Valérie Pécresse’s daring proposal
The President of Île-de-France believes that due to the cost of living in her region, which is higher than in others, the minimum wage should be increased.
This is a measure that could improve the purchasing power of many residents of Île-de-France. In an exclusive interview given to 20 minutes, Valérie Pécresse returned to the various proposals to decentralize Île-de-France and among them is notably that of increasing the minimum wage by 9%. These will be put to the vote of regional councilors this Wednesday, September 20.
For the Republican candidate in the last presidential election, the regional minimum wage should be set at the level of consumer prices in the region, which represents an increase of 9% in Île-de-France. “An employee paid the minimum wage who rents a studio in Créteil, it costs him 51% of his income while it would cost him 25% in Limoges,” explains the president of the Ile-de-France region to our colleagues.
“The regions are all different and all have their own specificities”
“We have a minimum wage which does not offer the same amount of rest to live on. And it’s a problem for essential workers, who cannot find housing in Île-de-France,” she also laments. Before highlighting the difference in the cost of living depending on the region: “The regions are all different and all have specificities. We cannot act in the same way depending on whether we are in Brittany, Corsica, or Île-de-France,” observes the elected official. “They are not the same problems, not the same job prospects, not the same cost of living,” she adds.
Currently, the minimum wage is 1,747.20 euros gross per month and could, if this proposal were to be validated, increase to 1,904.44 euros gross per month for Ile-de-France residents. But Valérie Pécresse nevertheless tempers her comments and does not wish for the moment to “commit to this figure” of 9%, as long as there has not been a “discussion with the social partners”.
This article is originally published on lepoint.fr
